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A lot of people seem to have a very narrow idea of privacy. For what it's worth there were also allegations of microphones being used to record private convers
by dpwm 7y ago
A lot of people seem to have a very narrow idea of privacy.
For what it's worth there were also allegations of microphones being used to record private conversations.
The release of footage from the embassy to the international media seemed a particularly bizarre way to announce to the international community that your government has pure contempt for human rights.
- mikeash 7y agoNext time they should just refuse to take in the international fugitive and let him be arrested on the spot. Then nobody will say they have pure contempt for human rights.
- dpwm 7y agoThat government was not this government. This government does appear to have pure contempt for due process and human rights. Just like the US.
- cyphar 7y agoObama suspended habeas corpus[1], extending the Bush-era abductions that were found to be unconstitutional. There hasn't been a US government that respects due process and human rights in a long time. [1]: https://www.salon.com/2010/05/21/bagram_6/ https://www.salon.com/2010/05/21/bagram_6/
- dpwm 7y agoI absolutely agree. My wording was ambiguous. The "just like the US" didn't apply to the change of government, but over a much longer timescale. This is absolutely something that has been almost consistent amongst US leaders going back as far as I can remember. Human rights and due process seem to be a stick with which to (selectively) beat other nations. They don't apply to the US or its cronies.